(Subscription required) The 9th Circuit en banc held immigration judges must conduct a case-specific inquiry into whether severe traffic can constitute "exceptional circumstances," overruling part of a 2021 precedent and remanding a family's removal case to the BIA.

(Subscription required) Plaintiffs can pursue damages under California’s license plate scanner law even if the collector did not improperly share or mishandle the data, a San Francisco appellate court held Thursday in a case that could open the door to more litigation under the privacy statute.

(Subscription required) After nearly a decade prosecuting sex crimes, Judge Safaan K. Ahmed now presides over juvenile dependency cases in Monterey Park, where he works to reunify families while keeping children safe.

Jury selection began on January 27 for the first “bellwether” trial of a blockbuster proceeding, involving thousands of cases going back to 2021. The suits allege that social media platforms’ negligent design causes depression, anxiety, and other mental health harms for young people. The trial marks the first time that social media companies will have to defend themselves before a jury against claims that they harmed children.